On August 24, 2022, a working meeting of the Health Department of the North Kazakhstan region, the AIDS Center was held in Petropavlovsk and the Center for Mental Health, chaired by the head of the department for coordinating treatment and preventive activities and drug provision of the KSU "Health Department of the Akimat of the North Kazakhstan region" Rinat Ulmesekov.

The working meeting was opened by the director of the regional AIDS Center Aiman ​​Syzdykova.

On the agenda: the current epidemiological and drug situation in the North Kazakhstan region; testing of PWID upon registration and every 6 months, including rapid tests following the results of 7 months of 2022.

N. Gordymova, Head of the Epidemiological Department of the RCAIDS, spoke on the first question, E. Primakova, Head of the Organizational and Methodological Department of the Center for Health Care, spoke on the second question. During the meeting, each specialist from the primary mental health centers of the city of Petropavlovsk reported.

Also, those present discussed problematic issues and developed joint ways to solve pressing problems.